- General info
- Available languages
- OpenType
- Background story
Gill Display Compressed™ font family
Designed by Alan Meeks in 1987 and Eric Gill
Up to 1 Family / 1 Value Packs
Supports at least 21 languages (Std / OT CFF)
Available licenses for all styles:
Supports up to 33 languages.
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Supports up to 3 OpenType features.
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The successful Gill Sans® was designed by the English artist and type designer Eric Gill and issued by Monotype in 1928 to 1930. The roots of Gill Sans can be traced to the typeface that Gill's teacher, Edward Johnston, designed for the signage of the London Underground Railway in 1918. Gill´s alphabet is more classical in proportion and contains what have become known as his signature flared capital R and eyeglass lowercase g. Gill Sans is a humanist sans serif with some geometric touches in its structures. It also has a distinctly British feel. Legible and modern though sometimes cheerfully idiosyncratic, the lighter weights work for text, and the bolder weights make for compelling display typography.
